For the graph on the right, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) was inactivated with lidocaine 1, 3, 18, and 36 days after fear conditioning training. What happened to these rats compared with the controls?
A) The rats with ACC lesions did not remember the association of the location and the shock with increased delay from training.
B) The rats with ACC lesions remembered the association between the location and the shock for a longer time from training than the control rats.
C) The rats with ACC lesions learned the task faster than control rats.

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When the ACCwas lesioned 18 and 38 days after training the rats spent much less time freezing, which suggests that they had forgotten the association between location and shock.

For the Graph on the Right, the Anterior Cingulate Cortex